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WEATHER: Fat Wedndy and Ttrrs day, a BMk ehaaga la tem perature. WATCH LABEL. a smt . mull I imn crnUtiM aa4 inM alasiaa str.s-s Nn. .. . VOL. CX. NO. 170. TWENTY PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1919. TWENTY PAGES TODAY, PRICE FIVE CENTS. HOUSE ADOPIS BILL Tl However, Measure Must Be Sent To Conference and May Be Delayed There PRICE AND MOVEMENTS WOULD BE CONTROLLED Republicans Condemn Wilson for failure To Buy Cuban - Crop Last rail; Senate Bill On Same Subject Declared To" Serve No Useful Purpose As It Removes Control Washington, Dee. 16. By a vote of 2o(l to 34 ths House lata today poised the Senate bill continuing the Sugar Equalization Board through 1920. Amendment, retaining in fore the . liar-time powers .alpt government for controlling prices unci movements of sugar were unproved necessitating tba (tending of the measure to conference committees of the two Houses. While the only disputes to be settled ia eonfeience are the continnaoee of the war-time powers permitting licens ing control of the sugar business, and the requisitioning of stocks or refin eries, leaders in Congress were doubtfnl whether an agreement could he reached lief ore I ha holidny recess. As passed by the Senate the bill repealed the license control and corititined no rcfer- ' ence to the requisitioning power. Opposition of the bill's supporters to the repeal of these powers, anil the unanimous criticism of the Sugar Kqunlization Board that the Senate bill would eerve no useful purpose were placed before the House committee be fore it decided earlier in the day to recommend continuance of the powers. The bo.-ird declared it should be vested with these powers, as well aa the ppwur to place an embargo on exports. - The House Interstate Commerce Com mittee began hearings todny on the pro posal to plaeo an embargo on sugar, but deferred final action until Friday. BSeveral members of Congress ap peared before the committee to urge favorable action. Ia tho Honse de bute, however, Representative Fordney, Republican, of Michigan, declared "this embargo talk is cm tense" aa under agreement of the Equalization Board with Great Britain, Francs and Italy to keep them out of the Cuban market, the United States was compelled ta ex port aome ingnr to these eoantriea. House action on the bill resulted ia "sowl up" pT(Tm adopted ty lead ers Into in the day. Earlier the agri- tulture committee unanimously had rec ommended passage of the bill and as toon as Its report was completed the bill was called op under a suspension f rules. A two-thirds voto of the members present thus was required to pass the measure. Debate on the measure was largely an attack by Republicans on President Wilson because he had not ordered the purchase of the Cuban crop last fall by fhe government. CHILE OFFERS ITS SERVICES TO AMERICA AS MEDIATOR Probable Attitude of ',. United States To Proposal With held For Present 0 CONTROL SUGAR DURING NEXT YEAR Mexico City, Dee. 18. Gabriel Term, the Urugusyan Minister of Foreign Re lations, has offered the services of bis sonntry as mediator in the difficulties between Mexico and the United States, aeeording to advices received, by the . Mexican foreign Relations department ? kr tnrlsv from Mexican Chares d'Af- - f airra Eariqua at Montvidnq. . Advices from Banuago, viyie, en no vember 29, reported the aewspaper Na tion, aa saying it had learned from well Informed diplomatie circles that there was possibility of mediation by the gov ernments of the A. B. C. group (Argen i tins, Brar.il and Chile) with the objeet , of composing the difficulties between ' the United States and Mexieo over the. ease of Consul Jenkins. WASHINGTON KNOWS NOTHING OF EFFORT TO MEDIATE. Washington,' Dee. 18. No intimation that offer of mediation between the ' United States and Mexico was forth toming from the government of Uru guay had reached the State Department tonight officials said. Pending official notice of the Mexico City advices, com ment as to the probable attitude of the .; Washington government toward such proposal from Uruguay, or any other Latin-American government was withheld. The Uruguayan legation ! , se wat without Information on the i- ported proffer. ' ' I Most Remove All Foods. St. Paul. Mill.. Dee. 18. Manager! of twenty eold storage planta In1 Minneap olis, Bt. Paul and Duluth today were or dered by.N. J. Holmberg. 8tate Com missioner of Agriculture, to removo be fore January 1 nil foods placed la stor age before August 19, 1918. , The order was authorized tinder the eold storage law passed by the special session of ths Legislature last September, under which food may be stored only one year. Ac cording to Holmberg targe quantitiee of food, eapeeWy tneats, flsh and poultry, will be forced Into tho market . .' Tag Abandoned Off Coast.- Norfolk, Va, Dee, 18. The United State tug explorer .owned by the U. 8. Shipping Board, which went ashore Tuesday of last week, sixty miles below Cape Henry, on the North Carolina coast, baa been abandoned by wreckers. It will be a total loss. ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN NINTH DISTRICT BY HANDSOME MAJORITY 4 -f Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, v -, -. ' " "Tf yesterday elected to Congress over John M, Morehead, of Charlotte, his Republican opponent, to succeed Judge E. Y. Webb. Mr. Hoey will take his seat in Congress after the Christmas holidays. OWNERS OF LIQUOR n mini i DISTRESSED IV Supreme Court Knocks Ud Their Plans To Dump Their Stuff On The Public EXPECTED TO CLEAN UP DURINGTHE HOLIDAYS Hour Strike Por , Trafflo in United States and No Pros pects For Wet Christmas; Congressman Upshaw To Make Address In Washing ton (N. C.) Sunday The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg. By FRANK W. LEWIS. (By Bpecial Leased Wire.) -Waehinaton. Dee. 18. The owners of liquor, who had hoped the decision of the Supreme Court ol the Unitea states would permit them to get rid of their enormous stoeks now tied op, are max ing desperate efforts to secure the right to unload before the bell taps on them January 16, when constitutional prohi bitioa goes into effect. The only hope now is for the war time ban to be lifted by repeal or by ratio cation of the peace treaty thia eeems to be the last lingering tope 01 Uie liquor people. But only tba anxious holders of liquor sppear to nave the slightest hope ' that anything will be done in time for ths vast values to be saved to the owners. 1 The dry leaders say there is not the slightest chance for the law to be re pealed, and everybody knows ratifica tion of the treaty- will not take place any time soon, at least not in time to save the liquor people. Want U Damn Liejior. - Nobody but the liquor people are astonished that sjoms way has not been found for them to dump their liquor on the market and thus save themselves from great financial loss, or to apeak more accurately to permit them to make vast fortunes on their investment by selling at exorbitant prices during a brief though closing period of the traffie. ' Government officials are now being flooded with telegrams appealing - for some way to bo deviaed whereby ' the liquors may be disposed of, ' but the problem remains unsolved, as the ofn eials have not yet decided what may be done with the bonded liquor. . The estimated original investment, according to the Government, is placed st approximately $83,000,000 for 87,000,- 000 gallons of liquor with which the owners' apparently have been caught. This is in addition ,sr the carrying charge. The bonded supply includes 63,942,931 gallons of whiskey, more than 1,200,000 gallons , of brandy, approxi mately 1 ,500,000 gallons of gin, and slightly leas than 600,000 gallons of ram. - A statement has .been made that the dry decision means a loaa of one billion three ha ad red million. This includes probably the losses to the . whiskey owners, wine dealers, brewers and the bankers holding liquor securities. ' t Planned to Get Rich, If thia vast nmouat of liquor -could have been turned loose npon the conn try jnat for the brief period between now and ths 16th of January aad pres ent prices eonld have been maintained the liquor owners would have suddenly become rich, for in some sections, it is said, whiskey U now selling for MO gallon it takes from 810 to 915 to get a quart of liquor here ta Washington, and ft Is claimed this ia the common price throughout the country.. ; Imagine how well tho liquor holders would have feathered their nests with all their liquor sold at from 810 to SIS a quart, and then imagine what a gigan tic jag tba eonntry would have had dur- (Contlnaod en Page Two.) UUH Democratic nominee, who was TO n..ti:. o.. nr.... n., nu:. High Cost of Living May Be Reduced Now v OUTLINES PROGRAM FOR FAIR PRICE COMMITTEES Would Put Mayors and District " Attorneys Squarely Behind Bodies and Begin Campaign of Education; Attorney Also Would Stop Industrial War fare As Far As Possible Chicago, Dee. 16. Attorney-General Palmer today pledged the full power of the Department of Justice la the prosecution of hoarders and profiteers in a talk la which hs outlined to 400 city officials heads of sivle organisa tions and club women of Illonols the program of thia department ia eom batting 4he high cost of living. A plea for the assistance of every man and woman in the country in a national fight against Tiigh prices was made by Mr. Palmer at the meeting which was called by Governor Lew den. Explaining the plan of action, where by fair price committees in every eom inanity become agents of the Federal government in ' enforcing its decrees, Mr. Palmer laid down a program . of live conservations whieh if carried out, would do much to deal a death blow to tho high coat of loving. They arei One Organisation of fair, price com mittee ' ia every . sity - and county, backed br."wSyori in a - prosecuting attorneys, with tho committees support ing tho United States district sttor aeys. ,' . ' Two Organization of women to re fuse to buy anything1 but actual neces sities until prices come down. ' Three Holding of eonservstion aad economy meetings in every com munity under tho auspices of civic bodies - '' . ' ;': ' Four Influence of mayora and prose cutors to be brought to bear oa the warring elements to prevent factional listurbaaeea in industry and particularly tc bring about-an industrial peace of at leaat six months duration. Five Remobilizatioa of the four min ute men to deliver "work and save sddreaaee ia theatres' each night." : ' '"Despite all objections nnd obstacles. I propose to go through with this cam ps lea, Mr. Palmer declared. If in dustrial condition do not get too bad during the next few months we enn l-ttmm Mil. Tho wage earners were In the class of the rich, ia that their incomes, aa a rule, had kept pace with the rapidly mount ing coet of living, Mr.- Palmer added. The salaried worker was the man who had felt the full brunt of higher coats beeeuee hs had been the last to obtain relief.; " ' ? The chief causes of the high cost of living, he pointed out, were decreased production, incident' to the war, in flated enrresey, due to government bor rowing aad . heavy taxes, which, he charged,' were passed on by. business men to the-nltimate consumer. "One of the rrestest crimes of the da Is idleness," said the Attorney General. We must stop the factional disturb ance in industry and increase produc tion. If men and women would do 10 per eent mors work price would come down SO per cent, and' if they would economise aad save 10 per eent more this problem of the high eost of-living wuld be solved." Mil running mee, (nine starters). Two anile steeple ehss. Pinehurst, to- day, 2:45. Adv. PALMER PROMISES REDUCE COMMITTEE BE GINS AGAIN ITS PROBE IL E Representative of Operators Claims. Settlement Means Big Increase In Wages LAST RESTRICTIONS ON FUEL USE WITHDRAWN White House Has Hot Yet An nounced Personnel of Com mission Provided For In Set tlement; Mai of Statistics -Presented To-Senators at Inrestigation By Experts "'Washington, "Dee;18.The Senate eoal investigating eommittee, resuming today ita inquiry into the administration strike settlement agreement, was told by Tracy W. Guthrie, president of the Hillman Coal and Coke Company, that one clause in the proposition advanced by Preaident Wilson and accepted by the miners would "bring about an in crease in the miners' wage at least doubling the 14 per eent, which Dr. Harry A. Garfield, resigned fuel ad ministrator, thought justified." While the Senate committee was pur suing it inquiry, the railroad adminis tration withdrew the last semblances of the restrictions of fuel resulting from the strike and began delivering eoal to original consignees, instead of distribut ing it to point of greatest need. It rescinded the embargo on the movement of fuel oil out of the west, nnd ths orders reducing the nmount of eoal per mitted to go to coking ovena. Commission Not Appointed. At the White House today, it was said that Preaident Wilson would not ap point the commission provided in the strike settlement proposal' until Attor ney General Parmer returned from the West lata this week. Ths Senatorial inquiry was re-opened with the calling of B. V. Norris, engi neer for the Fuel Administration, who was conducted by Senator Freelinghuy sea, Republican, New Jersey, chairman of the eommittee and Senator Townsend, Republican, Michigan, through maze of statistics bearing on labor eosts and prices of necessities. . "Secretary of Labor Wilson prepoaed that the miners be given an increase of 31.67 per eent," lb. Norris explained, because- J based few- ealeulatioas oa ths pay given pick miners- la 1917, when the eoal mine wages were resd justed, the pick miners were getting ta greatest amount, aaa the scale were balanced tip by giving them a les ser increase than other classes of labor around the mines. This was necessary in order to induce men t do the other work. "Dr. Garfield decided that a particular wage -crop onght net to serve now as a basis for calculation, aad took the nvcrage wage of all workers. Aftsr ar riving at that, he fonnd that an addl tioa of 14 per eent to their comings would compensate them for the eost of living since the laat adjustments were made." Think Commission To SmalL Shairman Freelinghuysea aaked if the witness approved the creation of a com mission composed of one miner, one mine operator and one representative of the public, with power to fix wages and prices. ' " v "That would depend on the make-up of the individuals," Norris returned, "hut I think at leaat a larger number ought to be named. It gives two la tere ta a ehanee to eombine against ths third". Mr. Guthrie was called to present ae tusl facts from psy rolis npon wagee. "About 20 per eent of miners are idle all the time, aeeording to our experi ence with 23 mines, he told the com mittee. "That is, we have to have 120 name oa the pay roll ia order to get 100 mfn on the -job a a constant factor. Miners liks to celebrate all American holidays, and a lot of foreign enea. Then they have "Mitchell day' on April 1, in honor of John Mitchell. .They have 'rabbit day oa November 10, when every body adjourn to shoot a tsbhit." From mine accounts, he read ths rec ord of one miner who in 187 days of the (Continued on Page Two.) INTO CO STRIK PROGRAM STATE DIVISION AMERICAN COTTON ASSOCIATION IN THREE SESSIONS HERE TODAY Sessions n Academy of Music With Governor T. W, Dickett Presiding. IS A. M. t Opening Prayer Dr. Weston Bruner. Address of. Welcome Mayor T. Js. Response on Behalf of the Association Governor T. W. Biekett. Official Announcements 8, G. Rubinow, State Campaign Director Addrest-Col. Harris Jordan, National Campaign Director. Musis. Address Congressman H. L. Godwin. .MUSiC. 8. Address U. .8. Seastor Lee S. Overman. ) .i ' ; , 2:18 P. M. t 8tS8 P. M. -' Organization and Business Meeting. ' v a. Adoption of Constitution and By-Laws. , k. Appointment of Committees. ' i . Adoption of Resolutions. , , ' 1 . .. ' '. ' d. Election of Officers. : . Outline f Plans for Futur. 2. " Address Hon. J. 8. Wannamaker, President American Cotton Aasociatio. I. Address CoL Thomas J. Shaekleford. National Campaign Director. TiM r. M. to 1. Address Hon. A. T. Lever, Member 2. Music. 8, Illustrated Lecture Hon. John B. - Cotton Association.' 4. Music -: e , ' 8 Address U. 8. Senator K. D. Smith. . 8. Moving Picture! th Land of Cotton." . SENATE STILL IN DARK ABOUT PLANS FOR THE RAILWAYS Director General Hines Sends To President New Recom mendations About Roads MANY SENATORS DECLARE RETURN WILL BE DELAYED Sharp Opposition To Some of Provisions of Cummins Bill Expressed In Debate; Na tional Orange Sends Letter Urgine; That There Be No Further Delay in Legislation Washington,. Dec. 18. The bill em bodying permanent legislation to meet the situation with the return of the railroads to private control continued today before the Senate, but with Sena tors admittedly still in the dark as to ths time President Wilson plans to turn back the carriers. Director General Hines has sent to the President new recommendations as to ending government operation, but he would not discuss them today and White House officials professed to have no information. Many Senators and aome administra tion officers still hold to the opinion that the President will not carry out his notice to Congress of last May that government eontrol will be ended by January 1. They think the time of the return will depend largely on the pro gress made by Congress on the - per manent legislation. Plan to Tarn Over Roads. ' Plans for the return of the roads by the first of the year are going forward at the Railroad Administration, how ever. Administration office contracts contain a thirty-day release clause so that they may be abrogated at any time without great loas to the govern ment while materials ordered on con tracts are being obtained a fat aa pos sible before the first of the new year. Ia it effort to speed up permanent legislation the Senate held another night session, but there was little pros pect .of final congressional action until well after the Christmas holidays. Sharp opposition to soms of the pro visions of the Oommin bill under dis cussion was expressed in the. debate today and tonight. Senator Poindexter, KepuDliean, Washington, attacked the proposal under which the interstate com merce commission would be authorized in special eases to permit a lower charge for a long haul than for a short haul. while Senator Frelinghuysen, Republi can, New Jersey, argued provision should be made for assisting the roads in financing their immediate needs after their return. To that end, he offered n amendment to permit them to bor row from the government out of a I5O0, 000,000 revolving fund. Urge Speedy Legielatloa. The amendment ia identical with the provision of the House bill and was opposed by Senator Cummins, who eon tended that Congress ought to assume that legislation aooa would be enacted which would enable the roads to bor row from private sources all the money needed to meet immediate requirements. During the day the National Orange made public a letter sent to Senator Cummins nrging that there be no fur ther delay ia passing the railroad legis lation and opposing any guarantee of dividend by the government. It also waa suggested that the provision for new railroad transportation board be eliminated on the ground that ths In terstate Commerce Commiasion eonld and should perform nil the necessary dministmtivs work to give fores and effect to the railroad policy to be laid down by Congress. MECKLENBURG RETURNS OVER -THREE THOUSAND FOB H0ET . Charlotte, Dee., 18. Mecklenburg county complete, including Charlotte, gives Hoey, Democrat, for Congress, 3,675 and Morehead, Republican, 1512. The county in 1918, gave Webb, Dem ocrat, 8,068 aal Jonas, Republican, 770. Mecklenburg is the largest count in the district except Cleveland, Hoey's home county. 1 P. M. eidridge. : . , .- V lt:W P. M. . Federal Farm Loan Board. ''' V'' Cannon, President Spartanburg County CLYDE HOEY ELECTED TO CONGRESS BY BIG MAJORITY IN NINTH MEASURE TO FORCE DEPORTING OF REDS Representative Johnson De-! dares Bill Will Secure Prompt Deportation Washington, Dec. 18. Legislative pro posals of the House immigration com mittee to aid in ridding the country of alien radicals, framed after prolonged hearings here and in New York, were .presented to .the House today by Chair man Johnson, Republican, Wsshingion,' who declared tho. bill was so drawn as to force the Department of Labor to act against alien agitators. Secretary Wilson has held, Mr. John son said, that mere membership in tho L W. W. or .kindred organizationa was not sufficient under the law to warrant deportation. The committee's bill, he added made the "letter and intent of the law plain and unmistakable" as un der it affiliation, or any financial con nection with organizations teaching radical doctrines without the commis sion of any overt act, meant deporta tion. At the same time, the House Judi ciary committee began work on various proposals aimed at suppression of radi cal activitie generally to reach citizens aa well as aliens. Representative Blan ton. Democrat, Texas, declared the De partment of Labor waa "honey-combed" with the spirit of anarchism, from Sec retary Wilson down; and Representa tive Davey, Democrat, Ohio, warned the committee that the public would take matters into ita own hands and "atring these wildeyed radicals to telephone poles throughout ths country unless Congress hsstened to act. Under a resolution introduced by Sen ator Kenyon, Republican, Iowa, the Sca nt Foreign Relations committee wonld investigate the activities of Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, who claims to be Rus sian soviet ambassador with headquar ter ia New York. The resolution whieh waa rsfsrred to th eommittee said Marten had been charged with direct ing propaganda against the American government and referred to hi refusal to testify before the Lusk Legislative committee ia New York which is con ducting an investigation of radieala. DISTILLERS FIND WAY TO DISPOSE OF LIQUORS Will Kxport Boose To Cuba Through Southern Ports, In cluding Wilmington Louisville, Ky., Dec. Id. A way out apparently has been found for distillers caught with large stocks of liquor on hand by ths Supreme court's decision holding wartime prohibition eonatuu tional. A plan was presented to distillers here today by representatives of steamship lines operating service out of Charles ton, Brunswick. Jacksonville, Savannah and Wilmington, to Cuba, South America and Europe, it contemplate immediate ahipment of liquor stocks ia Kentucky estimated at 39,000,000 gallons in bonded warehouses, largely to Cuban ports for storage snd subsequent re sale in Cuba, or ahipment to other for eign countries. The freedom of Southern ports from ice, their adequate storage facilities pending loading on board ship, their nearness to Cubs and the large number of steamship lines operating to the island were pointed to as evidence that with railroad! . end the United States shipping board cooperating, the whiskey stocks could be moved before January 18, the time limit the internal revenue department has placed on ex port shipments. Southern ports, it wss declared, are from 000 to 800 miles nearer Cuba than any North Atlantie port, thus effecting considerable saving ia time whieh is regarded aa a vital element. CONTEMPT PROCEEDING FOR MINERS DROPPED BY COURT Only Alexander Howat, of Kan sas, Held For Further Hear ings In Matter ' Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 18. Except aa to Alexander Howat, president of the Kansaa district of the United Mine Workera of America, charge of eon tempt of court against 84 officials of that organization today were continued by United 8tatea Judge A. B. Anderson nntil such a time as ths government or attorney for the defense ngain wish t bring them before the court. The ease against Howat, who with other officials waa alleged to have violated the Federal court injunction against furtherance of the strike, will be called for bearing next Monday morning. He is ehsrged by the government with continuing in his violation of the in junction by using his lnrlueee to keep a local strike in Kansaa in force. This strike, it wss stated in court today, waa called on July 17, 1919, but on October 91, when the general strike of miners became effective, was emerged with all ether strikes. The government contends thnt the aetloa taken by th general eommittee of the United Mia Workers here last week, In accepting the proposal cf President Wilson to end the general atrike, also provided for ending all local strikes, aad that continuation of them eoaatituted violation of th in junction en the part of officials instru mental ia keeping them ia fore. I John Motley Morehead, Repub lican Opponent, Again Buried Beneath Avalanche of Dem ocratic Votes SHELBY MAN ELECTED BY MAJORITY OF FROM TWO TO THREE THOUSAND Mecklenburg Bailies Splendidly To Democratic Principles With Majority of 2,163 While Cleveland With Plu rality of 1,911 Excels All Records; Gaston Turns In Majority of 203 For Hoey udlcoIn Isd''acitiirr Column; Burke and Yancey Give Democrats Small Ma jorities, According To The Returns Shelby, Dee. 18. A thousand en thusiastie friends of Clyde V.. Hoey celebrated tonight on his election to Congress over J. M. Morehead by sn estimated majority of not less than 2,000 nor more than 2,500 when the Republicana eonfideutly expected - to elect their man. Cleveland county gave her favorite son 3,217 ag inst More head's 1,308, a majority of 1,911, the largest Democratic majority Cleveland county has ever given in her history. HoyiEarried20 of the' 23 precinct ia Cleveland. Returns are incomplete from several counties in the district. With four small precincts ia Burko missing Hoey haa a majority of 65. Gaston, which gave Webb Democratic majority of 1,000 last year, gave Hoey only 203. ' Hoey baa a majority ia Lin coln of K7, and in Mecklenburg a ma jority of 2,163. Catawba went Republi can by 234, practically the an me ma jority Jonaa had against Webb. Mitchell's Republican majority ia reported at 850. while Madison gave Morehead 1,000 majority. Yancey and Avery had not been heard from tonight when local . Democratic headquarters closed op. Hoey will take his seat in Congress after th holiday .recess.,, - MOREHEAn CONCEDES IT TO HOEY BY GOOD MAJORITY Charlotte, Dec 18. Clyde B. Hoey, Democrat, of Shelby, was chosen in the special election in the Ninth District today to the teat in Congress vacated ' by . Yates Webb, who was recently ap pointed to the Federal bench, defeat ing John M. Morehead, of Charlotte. Republican. On the face of the in complete return from practically all th ten counties in ths district, with complete returns from all th larger counties, the Democratic majority rangea between 1,500 and 2,000. Mr. Hoey aaid late tonight over long distance telephone that he estimated hie majority at 2.009 at least. Mr. More head aaid reports at Republican head quarter here indicated n majority of 1,300 to 1,400 for Hoey. In the 1918 regular election, Mr. Webb received a majority of 4.192 over bis Republican opponent, Charles A. Jonaa, of Lincolnton. The League of Nations wn on of th ehief issues in the campaign, Hoey be ing an advocate of the plan while More head ia an opponent. Mecklenburg county, including Char lotte, gav Hoey 2,163 majority against a majority of 8,199 for Webb last year. Hoey s noma county, Cleveland gav him 1.911 majority against a majority of 1,272 for Webb ia 1918. Gsston county, which gave Webb about 1,000 majority last year, gave Hoey only 203 majority today-."- Other Hoey majorities by eountics are Lincoln, 167 and Burke 78, while, his majority in Yancey ia estimated at 200. Official returns give Morehead 777 majority in Avery county and estimates give him 1.000 majority " in Madison and 820 in Mitchell. . The inly turn-over in th district waa in Burka county whieh, according to semi-official returns, gave Hoey 78 ma jority against a Republican majority of 61 laat year. MOREHEAD GETS THIRTEEN PRECINCTS IN GASTON. Gastonia, Dee. 16. Hoey carried Gas ton county by 203 votea. He polled 2,893 to Morehead'a 2,690; Hoey carried nine precincts including Gastonia box No. one; Morehead carried thirteen. HICKORY FOR MOREHEAD, COUNTRY VOTES FOR HOEY. Hickory, Dec 16. Catawba complete gives Morehead a majority of 234, Out aide of Hickory township Democrat scored slight gains, 'loth Hickory pre cincts went for Morehead by majorities large enough to overcome the Dem ocratic leads of th remainder of th county. Election i passed , quietly her and throughout county. LINCOLN INCREASES HER MAJORITY FOR DEMOCRATS. Lincolnton. Dec 16. All precincts in Lincoln eounty given total vote: Hoey, 1.388: Morehead, 1,220. Webb's majority last election 31. Total Democratic voto in eounty last election 1,418; Republic can, 1,387. ' MORGANTON TOWNSHIP GIVES ' HOEY HANDSOME MAJORITY. - Morganton, Dee. 16. Morgnntoa town- shin give Hoey majority of 236, a sub stantial gain over Webb's majority last year. Meagre reports from other township nad estimate Indicate at am early hour that Morehead will probably carry th eounty by a small majority. probably lea than 100.
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